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Freshman Learning Community. Florence, Italy.

Freshman Learning Community. Florence, Italy

Program description

Experience the first Global Learning Program of your college career exploring the Renaissance and its most famous city - Florence. Florence, Italy is famous for its art, architecture, cultural heritage and the major role she played in the Renaissance and Humanist movements. The city is well renowned for its artists, Michelangelo, Leonardo daVinci and Sandro Botticelli, the political philosopher, Machiavelli, the poet Dante and the humanist philosopher, Petrarch. Join your classmates in the classroom while immersing in Renaissance philosophy, art and culture. Then experience the legacy of the famous Renaissance men when you travel to Florence, and see its famous churches, palaces and museums. There will be side trips to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower and Sienna with its powerful architecture and in Florence itself, visit the famous statue of David by Michelangelo. This fun and educational Global Learning experience will be a great culmination to your First Year Experience at Molloy.